Manchester United vs Leicester City Prediction, 4/2/2022 EPL Soccer Pick, Tips and Odds

by Tony Sink - 3/29/2022

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Game: Manchester United vs Leicester City

Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022

Location: Old Trafford in Manchester, England

TV: USA Network

Odds/Point Spread: Manchester United (-216) Leicester City (+492)

Old Trafford is the venue where Bruno Fernandes and Manchester United (14-8-7, 6th in the EPL) will play Leicester City (10-6-11, 10th in the EPL) on Saturday. The starting goalies will be David de Gea for Manchester United and Kasper Schmeichel for Leicester City. The odds on this contest have Manchester United coming in at -216 and the Foxes are at +492. The over/under is set at 3.

Manchester United played Tottenham in their most recent match and went home with a win by a final score of 3-2. Manchester United tried 10 dribbles in this outing and converted 6 of those tries for a rate of 60.0%. In the passing game, they finished with a 91.0% passes received percentage by connecting on 395 of the 434 pass attempts in their last outing.

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In relation to shooting accuracy, Manchester United wrapped this game up at a 54.5% rate by landing 6 shots on target of 11 total shots. Manchester United averages 1.62 goals per 90 (47 goals in total) and have racked up 40 assists in all games this year.

Bruno Fernandes is one guy you are going to want to keep your eye on for Manchester United. Fernandes has been a starter in 251 games so far in his pro soccer career and he tallies 0.38 goals per 90 minutes. The midfielder hailing from Portugal has totaled 93 goals in 22,159 minutes. He has 67 assists while accumulating 56 yellow card cautions thus far in his career.

Another guy who could decide the outcome is Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward representing Portugal. He has assisted on a goal 138 times during his soccer career while scoring 491 total goals. Ronaldo has been on the pitch for 51,057 mins in 567 starting assignments and has been given a total of 80 yellow cards. He currently averages 0.87 G/90 so far in his career.

The guy defending the goal for Manchester United is David de Gea. de Gea has seen the pitch for a total of 38,188 minutes and has tallied 1,221 saves during his pro soccer career. His goals allowed per 90 mins is 1.1 (467 goals given up) and his save % is 73.2. The keeper from Spain has had 1,666 shots attempted at him in 425 career starting assignments. de Gea (225-101-99 record in his career) has totaled 144 shutouts, which has him sitting with a 33.9% clean sheet percentage.

In their last outing, Leicester City took home the win by a final score of 2-1 against Brentford. Leicester City earned a 53.8% successful dribble rate by completing 7 out of the 13 dribbles they attempted. They finished this game by connecting on 453 out of their 515 passing attempts for a percentage of 88.0%. Leicester City landed 4 shots attempted out of their 12 shots attempted which had them at a 33.3% clip in their last match. Having earned a total of 42 goals and 31 assists in all their contests, Leicester City sports an average of 1.56 goals and 1.15 assists per 90 min.

James Maddison will need to provide a lift for Leicester City. He is averaging 0.29 goals per 90 and has started 176 outings so far in his career. The midfielder hailing from England has been on the pitch for 15,607 professional minutes while he has scored 51 goals. He has collected 26 yellow cards so far in his pro soccer career and has helped a teammate on a goal 33 times. Make sure to watch out for Youri Tielemans, the midfielder who is from Belgium. He has totaled 49 goals in his career while assisting on a goal 43 times. Tielemans has earned himself a total of 32 yellow card cautions in 23,014 professional minutes played (259 starting assignments). His goals per 90 average thus far in his career is 0.19.

Kasper Schmeichel is expected to look after the goal for Leicester City. Schmeichel has totaled 187 shutouts while defending 2,268 shots tried against him in 50,594 minutes throughout his career. He has a save % of 72.3 and his clean sheet rate sits at 33.3%. He has surrendered 1.17 goals per 90 minutes while he holds a mark of 255-143-166. During his pro soccer career, Schmeichel has conceded 655 goals and has totaled 1,639 saves in 562 starting assignments.

Who will win tonight's EPL game against the spread?

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Manchester United (-216)

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